John W. Snyder Oral History Interviews

Oral History Interviews with
John W. Snyder

Secretary of the Treasury in the Truman Administration, 1946-53. Other Federal positions once held include Executive Vice-President and Director, Defense Plant Corporation, 1940-43; Assistant to the Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1940-44; Federal Loan Administrator, 1945; Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945-46. Secretary Snyder was a longtime close friend of Harry S. Truman beginning with their service in the U.S. Army Reserves after World War I.

Interview Transcripts

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By Jerry N. Hess

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Notice
These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word.

Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the Snyder oral history interviews.

See also: John W. Snyder Papers

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These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library.

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List of Subjects Discussed A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Accounting and financial procedures, U.S. Government 1882-1890
Accounting system, Government's, revision of, 597-603
Acheson, Dean:
- Cleveland, Mississippi speech, 1177-1178
  Great Britain, aid to, involvement in, 1016
Adams, Sherman, scandal involving, 918-919
Alaska, 1345-1358
Allen, George, 116-117, 139, 505
- and Eisenhower candidacy, 1506
Aleman, Miguel, and Marshall plan, views on, 1183-1186
Anderson, Clinton P., 805-811, 1181
Anti-ballistic missile system, 1239-1241
Appointments Secretary to the President, role of, 712-714
Army Reserves, U.S., Harry S. Truman in, 973-974
Arnow, Phil, 439
Arvey, Jake, 1036
Asia, Marshall plan proposed for, 1203
Assassination attempt on President Truman, 1331-1335
Atomic bomb:
- Soviet Union's intervention in war against Japan, and role of, 1616-1618
  Truman's decision to use, 538, 542-544, 1608-1616
Attorney General, U.S., role of, 781-786

B

Balance of payments, U.S., 1710-1711
Balmacido, Carnelio, 1372
Bank "holiday" of 1933, 24-27
Bankers, political views of, 1172-1175
Barkley, Alben:
- Democratic National Convention of 1948, role in, 1019-1030
  Democratic National Convention of 1952, role in, 1510
  as Vice-President of the United States, 665, 667-668
  Vice-Presidential nomination of, 656-660, 661-664
Baruch, Bernard, 1054-1061
Baruch-Hancock report, 441-445
Benton, William, 1925-1926
Berchtesgaden, Germany, features of, 485-489
Berenstein, David, 133-134
Berlin, Germany, as a strategic target during World War II, 468-469
Bevin, Ernest, and Marshall plan, role in, 1125, 1167-1168
Biddle, Francis, 773-774
Biffle, Leslie, 460, 652, 654, 655-657, 665-667, 1498-1499
- and Democratic Convention of 1948, 1024, 1032-1034
Blandsford, John, 232
Blanton, C. L., Sr., 131
Bowles, Chester, 232, 234-236, 325-326, 411, 413, 1049-1050, 1923-1926
Brannan, Charles, 811-814
Bremen, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 478-479
British loan, in 1946, 975-982, 988-1001
British pound, devaluation of, 1003-1005, 1008-1010, 1014
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, assistance in Truman's Senatorial campaign of 1940, 53-55
Brownell, Herbert, prosecution of "scandals" in Truman administration,